Hanane entered the patent profession in early 2009 with more than 10 years of experience in research and development in Telecommunications and Cyber security. She has worked both in industry and academia in Europe and in Japan.

Hanane applies her prior experience as a scientist to advise clients on all aspects of intellectual property, including patent drafting, prosecution, oppositions, acquisitions and competitive analysis. Hanane collaborates with a variety of clients ranging from multinational clients to small and medium size high tech companies in medical devices, consumer electronics, software, telecommunications, cryptography, and machine learning techniques.

Clients appreciate her ability to grasp complex techniques combined with her legal expertise in patent drafting, prosecution and strategy.

Her drive towards continuous improvement led to the founding of aera in the beginning of 2018, where Hanane serves clients with wit and passion.

Recommended Individual – IAM Patent 1000 2021

EDUCATION

• European Patent Attorney
• Ph. D. in Wireless Communications, Aalborg University, Denmark
• M. Sc. E. E. , Aalborg University, Denmark
• M. Sc. Telecommunication Engineering, Ecole Centrale d’ Electronique, Paris, France

EXPERIENCE

• Electronics
• Software
• Business Methods
• Telecommunications
• Cryptography
• Blockchain Technology
• Machine Learning Techniques
• Technology Transfer & Scouting

MEMBERSHIPS

• ADIPA (formerly The Danish Association of Patent Agents)
• European Patent Institute (EPI)

Anders has a M.Sc. in Engineering with heavy focus on Electronics & Mathematics from the Danish Technical University, where he worked with nonlinear dynamic systems and time series entered the patent profession in 2003 in one of Europe’s largest IP-firms.

He has from day one been heavily involved with a major hearing aid and provided legal advice to protect all four cornerstones of smart hearing technology – audiology, connectivity, apps and design.

Anders has a profound understanding of the problematic issue of Computer-implemented inventions (CII) in Europe, and since “software patents” have the highest growth rate among all patent categories presented to the European Patent Office (EPO), his skills are in high demand ranging from largest software/hardware developer to the smallest start-up company with the vision to change the world.

With the explosion of the Internet of things (IoT) Anders has been committed to make an enormous effort in providing “invention harvesting” for clients who traditionally did not use IoT interaction, and filed numerous applications on the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity which enable these objects to connect and exchange data.

Anders has extensive experience of prosecuting patent applications before numerous patent offices and frequently represents his clients at hearings before the EPO. His work has been used in successful global patent licensing and litigation discussions, and he also conducts opinion work.

Anders has been a CEIPI (Centre d’Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle) tutor since 2008 and continues to lecture prospective European Patent Attorneys in their preparation for the EQE (European qualifying examination), which tests candidates’ knowledge and aptitude to represent applicants in EPO proceedings and is widely regarded as one of the most demanding professional examinations.

Managing IP: IP Star 2021
Recommended Individual – IAM Patent 1000 2020

EDUCATION

• European Patent Attorney
• Certificate European Patent Litigation Course (Centre d’Etudes Internationales de là Propriété Intellectuelle, Université de Strasbourg, France
• Master of Science in Engineering & Mathematics from the Danish Technical University (DTU)

EXPERIENCE

• Electronics
• Software
• User Interfaces
• Audiology
• Sensors
• Telecommunication
• Mechanics
• Optics

MEMBERSHIPS

• ADIPA (formerly The Danish Association of Patent Agents)
• European Patent Institute (EPI)

Rasmus entered the patent profession in 2009. After finishing an M.Sc. in Vehicle Engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, he joined the Swedish Patent Office as an examiner in the fields of vehicle technology and medical devices. Shortly thereafter he moved to Germany where he joined Suzlon Technology Group – a large Indian wind turbine manufacturer – as an inhouse patent attorney. While working closely with the company’s R&D departments in Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands and India, he gained valuable experience in patent drafting, prosecution and portfolio management.

In 2013, Rasmus entered private practice when he joined one of the Tier 1 IP firm in Sweden. There, he worked primarily with patent prosecution in the fields of IT/Telecommunications, vehicle technology and mechanical engineering. He was also frequently engaged in opposition proceedings before the EPO, freedom to operate investigations and litigation proceedings.

Rasmus has extensive knowledge within a wide range of technologies from mechanical inventions to complex cross border inventions that span over several fields of technology, such as software, electronics, sensors and telecommunications.

Having worked as an examiner and an inhouse patent attorney before private practice, Rasmus has gained a balanced view and understanding of the challenges faced in the different practice areas, which is highly appreciated by our clients.

Clients appreciate his positive personality, his solution-oriented approach to IP and his drive to provide solid and dedicated services.

Managing IP – IP Stars: Rising Star 2021

EDUCATION

• European Patent Attorney
• Authorised Patent Attorney (SE)
• M.Sc. in Vehicle Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm/Sweden

EXPERIENCE

• Automotive
• ICT & Software
• Mechanics
• Medical devices
• Wind energy
• Electronics

MEMBERSHIPS

• European Patent Institute (EPI)
• Patentombudsnämnden (SE)
• Svenska Industrins Patentförening (SIPF)
• Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)

Emil has a M.Sc. in physics and nanotechnologies from the Danish Technical University, where he worked with nanofabrication, renewable energies and catalysis studies, and entered the patent profession in early 2016 in one of Europe’s largest IP-firms.

Emil has worked with clients within the fields of software, mechanics, electronics, medtech, renewable energies, and automotive.

Clients appreciate his creative problem-solving abilities and his drive to combine technical, legal, and business knowledge to give direct and understandable advice.

Within the patent profession he has worked with drafting and prosecution of patent applications, maintained and created client relationships, trained new staff, held presentations introducing IP at new technology fairs and has been proactive within incubators and start-up programs where he has performed mentoring of start-up companies to guide them in the field of intellectual property.

EDUCATION

• EQE Pre-exam 2019
• CEIPI Substantial Patent Law
• DIFI Claim drafting
• M.Sc. in Physics and Nanotechnologies at the Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark

EXPERIENCE

• Software
• Mechanics
• Electronics
• Renewable energies
• Automotive

MEMBERSHIPS

• ADIPA

Nils started out as a trainee in a large Danish IP firm in 1999 after finishing his degree in physics & chemistry and ended up as department manager and partner in 2008 before relocating to Germany for private reasons (yes…love) and joined aera in the spring of 2018.

As key account manager on a number of big clients, he has been orchestrating teams of patent attorneys to cover broad technological areas. Nils has assisted several large academic institutions in different countries with evaluating and prioritising their new ideas as well as their existing portfolios.

Nils understands the value of IP as a strategic tool, and clients appreciate his direct and honest approach to when to pursue patenting – and when not to. He has extensive drafting and prosecution experience and has yet to back down from a complicated invention, that being endovascular surgery, quantum computing or time travelling (honestly!).

EDUCATION

• European Patent Attorney
• Business Management Competence Development Program, School of Business and Social Sciences, The University of Aarhus, Denmark
• M. Sc. Physics and Chemistry, The University of Aarhus, Denmark

EXPERIENCE

• Lasers and optics
• Still imaging
• Medical imaging
• Medical devices
• Optical communication
• Nanotechnology
• Generel physics

MEMBERSHIPS

• European Patent Institute (EPI)

Dan Fischer is a former partner at one of the largest IP law firms in the States, and is the point attorney for clients large and small in various technological fields in order to develop their intellectual property portfolios and become players in their respective fields.

Dan has worked in fields including metals/alloys, semiconductors and circuits, polymers, thermal spray coatings, composites, medical devices, oil pipes, catalytic converters, building construction, truck, car, and other vehicle accessories/components, and drug delivery nanoparticles, giving him a well-rounded practice and experience.

Dan helps grow new businesses, working with them to innovate exciting cutting edge technology. He also seamlessly adapts to the procedures for more established companies, helping guide them with their current portfolio as well as analysing competitor IP issues.

Dan received his J.D. from the University of Southern California, where he worked in the USC IP and Tech clinic. Before attending law school, Dan attended the University of Illinois and received a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering with concentrations in biomaterials and polymers. He also worked in the Materials Lab at FermiLab to develop superconducting cavities for their particle accelerator, specifically through the testing and analysis of supercooled niobium for superconductivity.

Recommended Individual – IAM Patent 1000 2021

EDUCATION

• State Bar of California
• District of Columbia Bar
• State Bar of New York
• S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• S. District Court – Central District of California
• S. Patent and Trademark Office
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S. Materials Science & Engineering)

EXPERIENCE

• Automotive, Transportation & Power Sports
• Chemical
• Clean Technology
• Communications Technology
• Construction & Home Improvement
• Electronics & Semiconductors
• Medical Devices & Procedures
• Nanotechnology

Juan entered the patent profession in early 2012 and, since then, he has been part of both in-house (with a multinational automotive company Paris) and private practice (with one of Spain’s largest IP firms, an IP boutique in Southern France and a top-tier London IP firm) patent teams.

Juan has extensive experience drafting and prosecuting European patent applications and filing oppositions and appeals with the European Patent Office, and has regularly represented his clients at Oral Proceedings in Munich and The Hague. Likewise, he has prepared a significant amount of infringement and clearance opinions.

Juan has worked with small inventors but mostly with large multinational corporations in the aeronautical industry, the automotive industry and the field of aerosol-generating devices. He has also handled patent work, in Europe and in about 20 international jurisdictions, in industry sectors such as oil extraction methods, lighting devices, heating systems, tobacco-based consumer goods, chemical dispensers and optics, among others.

As a result of Juan’s international profile, he is fluent in English, Spanish and French.

EDUCATION

• European Patent Attorney
• Master in European Patent Law at Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI)/Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI)
• M.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering at Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Aeronáuticos (ETSIA) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain

EXPERIENCE

• Aeronautical industry (such as helicopters, power systems, composite materials, landing gears and aircraft doors)
• Automotive industry
• Optics
• Lighting devices

• Aerosol-generating devices
• Heating systems (based on different technologies such as surface atomic waves, induction heating, resistive heating and PTC thermistors)
• Dosing systems for chemicals
• Tobacco-based consumer goods

MEMBERSHIPS

• European Patent Institute (EPI)

Frederik joined the patent profession after completing a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Trinity College Dublin prior to which he completed a Bachelors in Materials Science and Engineering at Swansea University.

For his Masters thesis he investigated the mechanical properties of Polypropylene mesh used to treat organ prolapse in order to broaden the understanding of this type of treatment to enable better solutions to be developed.

Frederik works on patent drafting and prosecution for inventions within the fields of mechanics, material science, MedTech, IoT, electronics, software and automotive.

EDUCATION

• M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
• B.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering

EXPERIENCE

• Biomedical Devices
• Mechanical Testing of Materials
• Materials Characterization
• Metallurgy

Andreia Pereira entered the profession of IP after having spent almost 6 years in research and development between Portugal and Sweden. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Coimbra, working in partnership with the Department of Electrical and Information Theory of Lund University. She holds a Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Coimbra.

Andreia has published several journal and conference publications in the field of Wireless Digital Communications, Massive-MIMO, Large Intelligent Surfaces, General Signal Processing for Communications, OFDM Modulation, Frequency Equalisation Techniques and Spatial Resource Allocation.

Her scientific experience empowered Andreia with a high degree of thoroughness and an ability to grasp complex ideas and formulate them in a simple and understandable manner, yet technically and legally correct.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
• M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

EXPERIENCE

• Telecom
• Signal Processing
• IoT
• Electronics
• Robotics
• Natural Language Processing

Trine has been working in the patent profession since 2007 as a patent administrator in private practice.

Trine is highly experienced in patent portfolio management for both small and large Danish, as well as international companies. Her competences include administration in relation to patent prosecution before the Danish and European authorities, and communication to foreign associates and authorities. Furthermore, Trine handles validation and recordals.

Trine strives to provide a dedicated, and impeccable service and communication to our clients and associates. Trine is a force to be reckoned with, which our clients, attorneys, and administrators rely on. Trine leads our patent administration team with empathy and vision to ensure an outstanding client service.

EDUCATION

• QIPA – Qualified IP Administrator
• M. A. in English CCG, Aalborg University, Denmark
• BA in English and international studies, Aalborg University, Denmark and University of Sussex, U. K.

MEMBERSHIPS

• DAIPA (Danish Association for IP Administrators)

Susanne has worked with IP portfolio management in private practices for over 20 years, initially with trademarks and designs and from 2005 with patents.

Susanne is highly experienced in patent portfolio management for both small and large clients, Danish as well as international. Her competences include administration in relation to patent prosecution before WIPO and the Danish and European patent authorities, and communication with foreign associates, including handling of validations and recordals of assignments of applications.

Susanne strives to provide timely and solid services to our clients and associates. She has an appreciation for detail and for the intricacies of patent prosecution in various jurisdictions.

EDUCATION

• QIPA – Qualified IP Administrator
• Certificate in business language (English), Copenhagen Business School (CBS)

MEMBERSHIPS

• DAIPA (Danish Association for IP Administrators)

Kamilla has worked in the patent profession since 1998 and has gained extensive experience within patents and other IPR disciplines as a patent administrator in the pharmaceutical industry as well as in various private patent practices.

Kamilla is highly experienced in patent portfolio management for Danish as well as international clients and has extensive knowledge of the patent procedures in multiple jurisdictions. Kamilla is also experienced within validation and patent translation.

Kamilla strives to have the complete overview while keeping an eye on the detail. She is diligent and practical with a problem-solution approach.

EDUCATION

• M.A. in International Business Communication in English, Copenhagen Business School
• BA in business language, English and Spanish, Copenhagen Business School

MEMBERSHIPS

• DAIPA (Danish Association for IP Administrators)